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Forum to discuss campus harrasment
Janet Custer
Issue date: 9/27/06 Section: News
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In light of the recent attempted robberies and campus security issues, many students are becoming more concerned about safety on Winthrop's campus. Although these incidents have been mainly theft-related, students must be aware that other threats such as sexual harassment and rape exist.
The National Panhellenic Council at Winthrop University is sponsoring a forum entitled "Drawing the Line" on Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. in Tillman Auditorium to discuss these issues and inform students about the dangers that sexual harassment can pose to university students. The forum will consist of a presentation of research, a panel discussion and a question and answer session. Door prizes will also be awarded.
Panelists will include Bethany Marlowe, dean of students, Gretchen Baldwin, creator of Coalition Against Abusive Relationships Everywhere and Officer BryAnne Jones, victim's advocate for the Winthrop University police department. Cultural event credit is pending.
Linda Ashley, a social work instructor at Winthrop, said the goal of the forum is to promote knowledge.
"The first step is the most important -awareness of the true definition of harassment so that we as students and employees are certain of what is harassment and what isn't so we can stand up for what is right," Ashley said. "Frequently we are observers of sexual harassment and don't even realize it."
Julia Rabe, CSL representative for the National Panhellenic Council, said that this event will be good to raise awareness on campus.
"I think something like this is good because a lot of students might not go out and ask questions, but someone else might bring it up and help them to understand the answers anyway." Rabe said.
The forum is based on recent research which found that over half of students on college campuses admit to having been sexually harassed. This information was released by the American Association of University Women, whose educational foundation conducted a national study of male and female college students ages 18 to 24. The study was performed as a follow up to previous research about K-12 schools. At the press conference where this information was released, Elena Silva, the director of research, said that they asked students to consider sexual harassment to be "unwanted or unwelcome sexual behavior that interferes with their lives."
The National Panhellenic Council at Winthrop University is sponsoring a forum entitled "Drawing the Line" on Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. in Tillman Auditorium to discuss these issues and inform students about the dangers that sexual harassment can pose to university students. The forum will consist of a presentation of research, a panel discussion and a question and answer session. Door prizes will also be awarded.
Panelists will include Bethany Marlowe, dean of students, Gretchen Baldwin, creator of Coalition Against Abusive Relationships Everywhere and Officer BryAnne Jones, victim's advocate for the Winthrop University police department. Cultural event credit is pending.
Linda Ashley, a social work instructor at Winthrop, said the goal of the forum is to promote knowledge.
"The first step is the most important -awareness of the true definition of harassment so that we as students and employees are certain of what is harassment and what isn't so we can stand up for what is right," Ashley said. "Frequently we are observers of sexual harassment and don't even realize it."
Julia Rabe, CSL representative for the National Panhellenic Council, said that this event will be good to raise awareness on campus.
"I think something like this is good because a lot of students might not go out and ask questions, but someone else might bring it up and help them to understand the answers anyway." Rabe said.
The forum is based on recent research which found that over half of students on college campuses admit to having been sexually harassed. This information was released by the American Association of University Women, whose educational foundation conducted a national study of male and female college students ages 18 to 24. The study was performed as a follow up to previous research about K-12 schools. At the press conference where this information was released, Elena Silva, the director of research, said that they asked students to consider sexual harassment to be "unwanted or unwelcome sexual behavior that interferes with their lives."
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